Elasmobranch egg capsules associated with modern and ancient cold seeps: A nursery for marine deep-water predators

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 437, Issue , 2011, Pages 175-181

  Treude, Tina ^a   Kiel, Steffen ^b   Linke, Peter ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^c   Goedert, James L ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate; Catshark; Chemosynthesis; Deep sea; Methane; Skate; Tubeworm

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CARBONATE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; DEEP SEA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EGG; EOCENE; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE PARK; METHANE; PALEONTOLOGY; SPONGE; WATER DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES; RAJIDAE; SCYLIORHINIDAE; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 80052887997     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09305     Document Type: Article

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